When it comes to brown sugar, women will knowingly smile. In their eyes, drinking some brown sugar water during menstruation can promote regulation; after childbirth, drinking some brown sugar water can promote recovery; even in normal times, drinking some brown sugar can nourish the skin. It can be said that brown sugar is their "secret weapon". Of course, brown sugar is loved by women because of its strong nutrition and efficacy.
Nutrition of Brown Sugar?
Brown sugar does not have the same taste as white sugar, and even has a rough texture. Indeed, brown sugar is not highly refined, but the sugar content is still intact. At the same time, it contains vitamins, minerals, such as iron, zinc, and more than white sugar. Brown sugar also contains glucose, fructose, folic acid, amino acids, electrolytes, pigments, etc., which can promote regulation.
For ordinary people, when eating brown sugar, they mostly absorb the mentioned nutrition. However, for traditional Chinese medicine, the efficacy of brown sugar is more important.
What are the benefits of brown sugar?
Brown sugar is sweet, warm in nature, non-toxic, and enters the liver and spleen. It has the effects of nourishing the heart and lungs, regulating the middle, detoxifying, and promoting blood circulation. It is also very effective in relieving sore throat and hot cough.
Most of the time, when it comes to brown sugar, you mix it with water and drink brown sugar water. In fact, when brewing brown sugar water, combining it with these ingredients will have a better effect and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Brown Sugar Boiled Eggs
During the postpartum confinement period, many mothers-in-law would make brown sugar water boiled eggs for their daughters-in-law. This dietary therapy is also recommended by many doctors for postpartum women to nourish their bodies.
After giving birth, there will be blood stasis in the body. Eating brown sugar water boiled eggs can help disperse blood stasis, prevent blood stasis from clotting, and promote the discharge of lochia. At the same time, eating brown sugar water boiled eggs can also replenish blood and qi, have a dispelling cold effect, and promote the recovery of postpartum women's bodies.
Even if you haven't just given birth, women during their menstrual cycle can also eat some brown sugar water boiled eggs to make their bodies warmer, enhance their energy, promote the flow of qi and blood, and maintain good health.
Brown Sugar Ginger Tea
When having a cold, many people would make ginger soup. If brown sugar is added to the brewing process, the effect may be better.
Ginger is not only a seasoning but also a medicinal herb. Warm ginger can induce sweating and dispel wind and cold, which is good for preventing and treating wind-cold colds.
For women, a cold uterus can cause great pain. Drinking some brown sugar ginger tea can warm the uterus, promote smoother menstrual flow, and continuously improve dysmenorrhea.
Rose Brown Sugar Water
In some ethnic minority groups in Yunnan, rose petals are still soaked in brown sugar water, which can effectively promote blood circulation and relieve depression.
There has always been a saying among the people: rose petals and sugar make a delicious and pleasing drink. Drinking rose tea itself can beautify and nourish the skin. If combined with brown sugar water, it can further regulate the body, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, making your skin better and making you look younger.
Hawthorn Brown Sugar Water
Brewing hawthorn with brown sugar water is also a good practice. We know that hawthorn can invigorate the stomach and aid digestion, as well as promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It is very suitable for people with cold constitution, poor blood circulation, and abnormal menstrual periods.
By using this combination, blood circulation and removal of blood stasis can be promoted, effectively improving the menstrual cycle.
People with weak spleen and stomach are not suitable for eating hawthorn, but under the warm effect of brown sugar, the irritation of hawthorn can be alleviated, and health promotion can be better achieved.
Drinking brown sugar water is a very good practice. Combine brown sugar water with these ingredients for consumption, which can better regulate and nourish the body. I hope everyone pays more attention to these foods and consumes them scientifically to maintain beauty and health.
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